Unusually shaped mail, like square or vertical envelopes, lumpy envelopes, rigid envelopes, and mail with clasps, string, buttons, must be hand-cancelled. They are charged a non-machineable fee even if they weigh less than 1 ounce.
Pontius Pilate. Pontius Pilate (/ËpÉnáµÊÉs ËpaÉªlÉt/ or /ËpÉnti.És ËpaÉªlÉt/; Latin: Pontius PÄ«lÄtus, Greek: ÏÏÎ½ÏÎ¹Î¿Ï ÏÎ¹Î»Î¬ÏÎ¿Ï, Pontios PÄ«lÄtos) was the governor of the Roman province of Judaea from AD 26 until 36. He was the sixth Procurator of Judaea.
St. Basil the Elder, father of St. Basil the Great, was the son of a Christian of good birth and his wife, Macrina (Acta SS., January, II), both of whom suffered for the faith during the persecution of Maximinus Galerius (305-314), spending several years of hardship in the wild mountains of Pontus.